Comments on: Ultimate Guide to Using Google Analytics Filters

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:13:17 +0000

In reply to Marc. Sure, happy to help Marc!

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:41:25 +0000

In reply to Paul Koks.

Hi Paul,

Thanks a million for your help.

Marc

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:02:07 +0000

In reply to Marc.

Hi Marc,

I think an exclude on the regular expression below will work:
^45\.0\.247$|^63\.0$

Use “Browser Version” in the filter field.

Also, use a segment instead if you want to apply this retroactively on your data.

Best,
Paul

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:56:46 +0000

Hi Paul,

Thanks for this post, very interesting!
I’ve been trying to work out how to exclude two versions of Firefox where I get a lot of direct bots coming to my site. I can’t find any articles covering this…
How would I create a filter to exclude the following two browser versions in Firefox:
45.0.247 & 63.0?

Many thanks,
Marc

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:02:10 +0000

In reply to CV.

Hi,

I believe there are certain tools out there that can help you figure out the “strength” of a domain. That can help with your decision.
But in general, domains with www are more easy to use/brand, shorter and more popular.
Have you noticed that Chrome isn’t even showing the extension www in the Search Engines anymore?

Not a big thing, but just make sure you don’t have them both!

Best,
Paul

By: CV

CV — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:23:11 +0000

In reply to Paul Koks.

Hello,

Why do you recommend the following?

“Besides that I recommend to have your www-version automatically redirect (301) to the non-www version of your website.”

I’ve been tasked with doing the opposite for my job. What is your reasoning for having it the other way?

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 08:03:05 +0000

In reply to Panos.

Hi Panos,

Personally, I never use these type of filters.
Two options that are much more suitable:
– Set up an automated Google Sheet that extracts the required data from GA (e.g. via Supermetrics).
– Set up a Google Data Studio dashboard where you simply show the information that your client needs. Could be done in a few minutes.

No mess up of your GA account and workable for all.

Hope this helps!
Paul

By: Panos

Panos — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:24:42 +0000

Hey Paul,
Great article!
I have a question similar to another comment here.
We have a client that we charge for referrals from our site on a PPC basis. And they want to have access to click statistics from our website.
All outbound clicks from our website are set up and tracked as events. So I thought that what they were asking for would be pretty straightforward by setting up a view for them where only traffic matching their referrals from our site could be included (through a Filter with Event action/label matching the events for outbound links to their site).
But I’m struggling with the right combo for this. What is the best Filter set up I can use to isolate these events only in a view?
Many thanks!

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:38:53 +0000

In reply to Roger.

Hi Roger,
The order of filters depends on what filters you actually use. And it matters when filter A impact the working of filter B or vice versa.

Further, you can set up your own structure for filters usage and in what order you want them to appear.

Best,
Paul

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 19:58:20 +0000

Great article. Can you list the order of filters please?
If you list most common filters in the order, depending on what filters I or someone else uses, we know the order?

Thanks.